Good morning everyone! Happy Saturday. Let’s get your day started off with some links.
In Mariners news...
- Let’s hope we get to see Matt back on the field soon.
Happy Opening Day! Go M’s! Good luck this season to my teammates! Personal update: I will be undergoing right labrum shoulder surgery next week. The comeback is always greater then the setback.
— Matt Magill (@magillmlb) April 2, 2021
Around the league...
- The biggest news of the day was Major League Baseball’s announcement that it would remove the All-Star Game from Atlanta over Georgia’s latest voting laws.
- Some details on what motivated the decision...
Just got off the phone with MLB/MLBPA sources who all confirmed the same thing: MLB’s decision to move was the result of corporate sponsor pressure. It was NOT the result of a player-threatened boycott. The players did not even vote on the issue.
— Full Dissident (@hbryant42) April 2, 2021
- If you plan on traveling to any ballparks this year, Eno Sarris and Corey Brock at The Athletic have you covered with the best local beer selections in each MLB city. ($)
- The Nats shutdown continues.
Said last night on Baseball Tonight that the Nationals-Mets series was in jeopardy, and now it’s officially being canceled. Mets will start their season Monday in Philadelphia. Nationals will know when they have a better sense of their COVID outbreak, which now numbers four.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) April 2, 2021
- What fresh hell is this?
John Means, 82mph Changeup and 93mph Fastball, Overlay. pic.twitter.com/HpUBC8VfuI
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) April 2, 2021
- Turns out that this guy is still really good.
OHTANI WITH THE 421 FOOT BLAST pic.twitter.com/g0b3T8LqRc
— Alex Fast (@AlexFast8) April 3, 2021
- The good folks over at Pinstripe Alley wondered about the plausibility of players-owned MLB teams.